Ash-sifter.



G. SCHINDLER.

ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 3, 1913.

Patented June "9, 1914.

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GEORGE SCHINDLER, 0F EGG- I-IARBOR CITY, NEW JERSEY.

ASH-SIFTR.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Application iled December 3, 1913. Serial No. 804,488.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE SGHINDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Egg Harbor City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ash Sifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ash sifters and the particular'object of the invention is to provide a simple device of this character which when in operation will dampen the dust and prevent annoyance by the finer particles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a cinder receiving compartment, a water containing compartment and an intermediate dust receiving compartment arranged to receive the water which is sprayed from the water compartment in the operation of shaking the dust from the cinders.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having cinder, dust and water compartments with means arranged in the dust compartment for supporting the ashes and dust as they are settled by the water being sprayed upon them from the water compartment.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in Which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the lower section. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the ash supporting tray removed from the device. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the manner of connecting the bottom to the receptacle 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents a receptacle provided with a hinged imperforate top 2 which is latched in position in any suitable manner so as to prevent escape of dust when the receptacle is manipulated, as will be hereinafter understood. Rising from opposite ends of the receptacle are eye members 3 in which the handle 4 is mounted. This handle, when threaded in the eye members 3, may be utilized to shake the receptacle back and forth, as is customary, so as to remove the dust and finer particles of ashes from the cinders or it may be utilized as a support upon which the receptacle may be reciprocated.

The receptacle 1 is provided with a fo raminous bottom 5 hinged to one side of the interior of the receptacle, as shown at 6, and having its opposite end supported upon a ledge 7 within the lower or water receptacle which is generally indicated at 8. The water` receptacle is provided upon one side with an oifset spout 9 through which the same may be filled with water and properly cleansed when necessary, the spout being here shown as provided with a closing cap 10 and depending from the ledge 7 is adepressed top 11 having a plurality of different length pipes 12 and 13 extending vertically therefrom and provided with apertures or ports 14 through which the water escapes from the receptacle 8 into what will hereinafter be called the ash compartment 15. This compartment is formed between the top l1 and the bottom 5, the receptacle l being mounted upon the ledge 7, as shown, and locked in such position by means of the hasps 16 and the pivoted hook members 17.

When the handle is manipulated in the proper manner or the receptacle reciprocated the ashes or finer particles of dust will pass through the foramina in the bottom 5 onto a tray or pan 18 which is seated upon the top 11 and is provided with apertures 19 to permit the passage of the pipes 12 and 13. The water from the receptacle 8 is sprayed through the openings in the pipes 12 and 13 and wets the ashes descending through the foraminous bottom 5 onto the tray 18. This effectively prevents the escape of dust from the compartment 15 and at the same time the ashes are held by the water which they absorb in a sort of paste so that the tray 18 may be lifted from the top 11, handles 20 being provided for this purpose.

What is claimed is:-

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with an ash receiving receptacle having a hinged lid and a hinged foraminous bottom, of a water receptacle connected to the ash receptacle and with the ash receptacle forming a compartment between the two, means conveying water to the compartment and a removable ash supporting tray in the compartment.

2. In an ash sifter, the combination with a receptacle having a foraminous bottom, a water receptacle connected thereto and having a foraminous top separated from the foraminous bottom and a removable ash reoeiving tray mounted in the compartment between the foraminous bottom and the f0- raminous top.

3. An ash sitter comprising a receptacle having a fo-mminous bottom, a Water receptaaie removably connected thereto and having a foraminons top separated from the foramnous bottom, apertured pipes extending from the foraminous top toward the foraminous bottom, an ash receiving tray lo apertured to receive said pipes and removably mounted in the compartment.

In testimony whereof I uiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE SCI-IINDLER. Witnesses:

GEORGE JOSEPH, EMILIE GnEIs.

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, Washington, D. C. 

